[Verse]
He crept in shadows soft and deep
A whisper crawling through my sleep
Since I was small his voice would call
Through silken dark a shadowed thrall
[Chorus]
The nightbound stranger haunts me still
He bends my dreams to match his will
A touch unseen a lullaby's chord
He is the shadow I can't afford
[Verse 2]
His eyes like embers cold and red
A phantom's weight upon my bed
With every night his power grows
A secret only darkness knows
[Bridge]
I tried to fight I tried to run
But he is with me 'til I'm done
A bond that started when I was a child
His grip both suffocating and beguiled
[Chorus]
The nightbound stranger haunts me still
He bends my dreams to match his will
A touch unseen a lullaby's chord
He is the shadow I can't afford
[Verse 3]
He's in the air he steals my breath
A lover's kiss that feels like death
In dreams I'm his a captive dove
Bound by chains I can't call love